Key Points

• Ongoing strikes by Israeli Forces continue, with aerial, land, and maritime bombardment across the Gaza Strip. These result in civilian casualties, displacement, and the destruction of residential structures and civilian infrastructure. Airstrikes have been especially intense in central Gaza (middle areas), particularly in Bureij, Maghazi, and Nuseirat refugee camps and eastern Deir Al Balah. The Israeli Forces’ ground offensive continues to expand, particularly in the southern regions of Gaza City and eastern Rafah, deepening the humanitarian crisis and significantly destabilizing humanitarian aid flows.
• The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report on Gaza reports that 96 percent of the population is facing acute food insecurity at crisis levels or higher, with almost half a million people in catastrophic conditions.  The new report indicates a slight improvement compared to the previous report in March, predominantly due to a scale-up in emergency food and nutrition services, which has helped to reduce the very worst level of hunger.  However, a high risk of famine remains as long as the conflict continues and humanitarian access is restricted.  UNRWA remains one of the largest food providers in the Gaza Strip, with nearly 1.9m people reaching it with flour or food parcels.
• Access constraints continue to severely hamper the delivery of essential humanitarian assistance and services across Gaza.  Between 1 and 23 June, additional missions did not happen or go as planned. Of the 86 planned, coordinated humanitarian assistance missions to northern Gaza, 42 (49 percent) were facilitated by the Israeli authorities, whilst the remaining 44 (51 percent) missions were either denied access, impeded, and or canceled for logistical, operational, or security reasons.
• The ongoing Israeli military operation in Rafah is directly impacting the ability of aid agencies to bring critical humanitarian supplies into Gaza.  According to OCHA, between 18 and 23 June, three coordinated missions scheduled to pick up aid supplies from the Palestinian side of Kerem Shalom Crossing were canceled due to security concerns, including active hostilities and the collapse of public order and safety along the route designated by the Israeli military for cargo movement between the crossing and central Gaza.
• Furthermore, the operation in Rafah and challenges in retrieving fuel in Kerem Shalom are leading to major fuel shortages, impacting aid operations and the functioning of critical water, sanitation, health, and other facilities across the Gaza Strip.  According to OCHA, since the beginning of 2024, only 14 percent of fuel (diesel and benzene) that used to enter Gaza on a monthly basis prior to October 2023 has been allowed in (2 million vs. 14 million liters), with recent field reports indicating critically low levels of benzene available for distribution.
• UNRWA remains one of the largest health service providers inside Gaza, providing over 40 percent of the medical points and 15 percent of all primary healthcare centers, according to the health cluster, reaching almost 170,000 patients per week with health services.  To help mitigate the impact of the health system’s collapse and address growing needs, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and UNRWA are seeking to reactivate some of their services in northern Gaza.  Efforts have begun to clean up the UNRWA Jabaliya Health Centre, which was set on fire during a military operation and will require full rehabilitation to be functional.
• As of 24 June, the total number of UNRWA colleagues killed since 7 October is 193.

UNRWA Jabalia Health Centre before it was hit. © 2024 UNRWA Photo

UNRWA Jabalia Health Centre after it was hit. © 2024 UNRWA Photo

The West Bank, including East Jerusalem

• According to OCHA, between 7 October 2023 and 10 June 2024, 521 Palestinians, including 126 children, were killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
• Between 20 and 23 June, there were at least 113 recorded Israeli Security Forces (ISF) search and arrest operations across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. More than 80 Palestinians, including Palestine Refugees, were detained by the ISF during this period. Of these, eight were detained in Jalazone camp on 21 June during an ISF search operation in the camp.
• During this period,  four  Palestinians were killed, including three in Qalqiliya in the northern West Bank.  The following day, an Israeli man was shot and killed in his vehicle by Palestinians in Qalqiliya, triggering an ISF search operation in the city and road closures.
• On 22 June, six Palestinians were injured with live ammunition, and others were detained by the ISF after attempting to enter Jerusalem without permits in the vicinity of the West Bank Barrier. Movement restrictions preventing Palestinians without Jerusalem identification cards from entering the city have continued since October 2023.

Overall Situation

The Gaza Strip

• According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, as of 24 June, at least 37,626 Palestinians have been reported killed in the Gaza Strip since 7 October. Another 86,098 Palestinians have been reported injured.

Humanitarian Access, Protection of Civilians

The Gaza Strip

UNRWA is working to verify the details of incidents reportedly affecting UNRWA premises. Further information will be provided once it becomes available.

One incident has been reported impacting UNRWA installations and internally displaced people (IDPs) sheltering there. While verification of details and casualty figures remain ongoing, initial reports indicate:

• On 23 June 2024, eight people were killed, and 12 others were injured when the Gaza Training College in Gaza City was directly hit by an airstrike on the eastern side. The guards’ room, gate, and wall were impacted, and, according to initial reports, the admission and registration buildings, as well as the graduate unit, were also destroyed. The Gaza Training College is currently being used as an aid distribution center for IDPs in Gaza.

446* incidents impacting UNRWA premises and the people inside them have been reported since the beginning of the war (some with multiple incidents impacting the same location), including at least 72 incidents of military use and/or interference at UNRWA premises. 188 different UNRWA installations have been impacted.  That more than half of the total UNRWA installations across the Gaza Strip (350 in total).

UNRWA estimates that in total, at least 508* IDPs sheltering in UNRWA shelters have been killed and at least a further 1,559* injured since the start of the war. UNRWA continues to verify the number of casualties caused by incidents that impacted its installations and notes that these figures do not include some reported casualties where the number of injuries could not be determined.

* Numbers continue to be subject to change once further verifications have been conducted.

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